In article <[log in to unmask]>, Beatrice Hulsberg
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> Michael, I did not mean to offend archivists but I DO know of several
> instances where archivists/librarians have dismantled photograph albums
> because they did not believe that they were "artifacts" in their own right.
> Beatrice
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> Beatrice Ann Hulsberg

In the age of computerized databases and superb photographic reproductions
there is no excuse for physically dispersing the contents of an album. Any
museum or library staff member who disassembles an album for a reason
other than eventually reassembling it in an improved state of preservation
is a vandal not deserving the respect of peers. It ought to be a
dismissible offense with no prospects for further employment.

--
Paul Doering in Rochester NY USA
  "Tomorrow will never catch up with yesterday
   because yesterday started sooner."
     - Carl Sandburg, "Rootabaga Stories"